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From: engst@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Microsoft Write
Message-ID: <326@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 19:24:02 EST
Article-I.D.: batcompu.326
Posted: Tue Mar  3 19:24:02 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 23:56:14 EST
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Reply-To: engst@batcomputer.UUCP (Adam C. Engst)
Distribution: world
Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Keywords: write, fonts
Summary: I have it, sort of


Well, yes, I DO have a copy of (I hope) beta test Microsoft Write.  And,
well, it's not good.  It seems to work much like most of the Mac word
processors (suprise, suprise) and does indeed have dynamic fonts.  But, the
version I have only has one font, the system font, and it is fairly crude.
The program itself is slow and is lousy to move around in for designing a
page (specifically a title page, me being an undergrad and still having to
write papers).  Its help is decent, though nothing to write home about
(sorry for the pun) and overall I think that the program might one day be
quite good, although it needs help now.  The major fault it had was its
inability to print what was on the screen.  In other words, you don't see on
the page what you see on the screen in the way of fonts and different
sizes.  The only choice you have in printing is the point size, which is
useful, but not very considering you cannot print out the font itself.  All
in all, testing the program was very tiring.  I can't imagine using it until
it is faster, prints correctly (yes I set the driver up for my Epson), and
has more fonts.  I use Timeworks Wordwriter right now and am very pleased
with it. 

                      Adam Engst

engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu
pv9y@cornella.bitnet


The above opinions are solely mine and could probably be proven incoherent
in a court of law.